Fire in St Louis Kills Mother and Five Children
A gas stove explosion leveled a north St Louis frame house killing Sandra Glover and five children. Six bodies were recovered as neighbors watched, one child escaped through a window. The victims included Willie 11 Wendell 9 Wendy 9 Anthony 5 and Misty Woods 9, grandchildren of Helen McGee. The surviving boy, treated for cuts, described the blast.
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St. Louis
Moses Mitchell
Georgia Dobbs
Sandra L. Glover
Willie
Wendell
Wendy
Anthony
Misty Woods
Mrs. Cobb
Helen McGee
Three Rollins brothers face murder warrants in Carrier Mills shooting
Warrants were to be served today on David Rollins Chester Lamont Rollins and Williams Harry Rollins in a Carrier Mills killing tied to a family shoot-out that left 48 year old Edith Gulley dead from a stray bullet. Police Chief Jerome Turner described the incident at about 2 AM as just like a family feud turning fatal.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carrier Mills Brothers
Edith Gulley
Carrier Mills
David Rollins
Chester Lamont Rollins
Williams Harry Rollins
Jerome Turner
Turner
Shoot-out in Carrier Mills Ends in Tragedy and Feud
In Carrier Mills a family feud erupted into gunfire injuring two Gulleys and killing Mrs. Gulley. Police say the interracial incident involved both families, with weapons including a .38 revolver and 9mm Luger, at about 15 yards in a dark, crowded scene.
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Henley
Turner
Rollins
Gulley
Gulleys
Groups urge rejection of state mining proposal
Sixteen environmental and political groups urge Interior Secretary Watt to reject Illinois surface mining program. Illinois South Project and allies filed 130 pages of complaints after more than 400 comments. Watt expected to decide by April. Environmentalists say the plan risks coal company leeway and unproven reclamation methods.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
James Watt
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Chuck Sheketoff
Illinois South Project
Herrin
Watt
Sheketoff
Illinois
Indianapolis
Office of Surface Mining
Carter
Ed Grandis
Washington
Douglas Downing
Land Reclamation Division
Mines and Minerals
Grandis
Soil and Water Conservation District Boards
Perry and
Saline Counties
The
Reclamation Coalition
Illinois Farmers Union
Illinois Environmental Council
League of Women Voters of Illinois
Justice and Peace Commission
Catholic Diocese of
Belleville
Midwest snow and flood threats spread across region
A weekend storm dumped heavy snow in the Midwest and ice and rain along the Atlantic coast while the Pacific Northwest faced 60 mph winds and mudslides. Evacuations rose as flooding risk persisted. travel on U.S. highways remained limited by washed-out sections and mudslides.
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Associated Press
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Chicago
Mic
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Ohio Valley
Lake Michigan
Eri¢é
Ontario
North Dakota
Mississippi Valley
Garibaldi
Oregon
U.S. 30
Astoria
la Grande
State Highway Department
Ladd Canyon
LaGrande
Washington
Cascades
Leahy mine named 1981 safest by Holmes Safety Assn
Amax Coal Co. Leahy mine near Willisville was named the safest mine for 1981 by the Holmes Safety Association Southern Illinois Open Pit Chapter. Leahy also won similar awards for 1980 and last year for all surface coal mines.
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Amax Coal Co
Leahy
Willisville
Holmes Safety Association
Southern Illinois
Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp
Consolidation Coal Corp
Peabody Coal Co
Freeman-United Coal Co
Randolph
Jackson
Consol
Central Shop
Seattle Inn
Poland keeps martial law in effect under Jaruzelski
Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski wins Parliament approval to keep military control of industry indefinitely and restore some civil liberties by February end. He attacks U S sanctions as attempts to paralyze Poland while PAP says a new bill will allow proclaiming war or martial law when needed. Observers doubt the move signals a normalizing end to the crisis.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wojciech Jaruzelski
U.S
PAP
Zycie WarsSzawy
Jaruzelski
Sejm
Solidarity
Suslov Kremlin Ideologist Dies at 79 in Moscow
Mikhail Suslov, Kremlin top ideologist and Politburo member, died in Moscow at age 79. Officials cited heart trouble, with rumors of ill health existing for a year. His public last appearance was meeting Polish Foreign Minister Czyrek this month. Reuters/AP report also notes East West talks between Haig and Gromyko, and Jaruzelski’s comments on martial law limits pending by next month.
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Moscow
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov
Kremlin
Suslov
Communist Party
Sus
Lov
Politburo
Jozef Czyrek
Poland
U.S
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Haig
Tass
Beginning no confidence bid fails in 55 to 52 vote
Prime Minister Menachem Begin narrowly survived a no confidence motion over Sinai compensation policy. The 55 to 52 vote left 13 of 120 Knesset members absent as Begin, in a wheelchair after a broken hip, kept his coalition intact amid ongoing disputes sparked by the Camp David accord.
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Menachem Begin
Sinai Desert
Knesset
Israel
Begin
Labor Party
Tehiya (Renaissance
TELEM
Shinui
Change
Labor
United States
Syrian
Golan Heights
Sinai
Egypt
Camp David
Middle East
Southern Illinoisan: Publication and contact notes
The Southern Illinoisan publishes daily except Saturdays and holidays from Carbondale and Herrin offices. Subscription rates vary by plan and area, with mail options for 1 year 75.00 in 18 counties and 85.00 outside. shorter terms available. Postmaster information and office phone numbers provided.
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